Golf-club carrier



Dec. 16, 1928. 1,696,062 L. K. THURLOW ET AL f GOLF CLUB CARRIER -Filed Aug. 23, 1927 INVENTOR LewifsK.Thur'lw y.

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 18, 1928. y

UNI'l-'ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEWIS KELMUND THURLOW AND JOHN P. AGNEW, F DROOKLYN, NEW YRK; SAID THURLOW ASSIGNOR TO SAID AGNEW.

GOLF-CLUB CARRIER.

Application tiled August 23, 1927. Serial No. 214,960.

This invention relates to golf club carriers, an object of the invention being to provide a carrier which takes the place of the ordinary golf bag and which is very much lighter in weight than the ordinary bag.

A further object is to provide a container of the character' stated which is ornamental and attractive in appearance and which will prevent the accumulation of dirt and dust in the interior thereof because of the fact that it is open to circulation of air and will permit any dirt which falls from the clubs to drop out of the carrier.

A further object is to provide a carrier of this character in which the clubs may be independently supported and which also provides a compartment for golf balls.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features 2o of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts,-which will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims. v

In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofgour improved golf club carrier;

A vFigure 2 is a View in longitudinal section, the view being taken on the line 2--2 of Figure 3;

Figure 3 is a view in top plan on an en-` larged scale.

Our improved carrier comprises a pair of spaced disks l and 2, a plurality of spaced rings 3 and 4, and a top ring 5, all of which 35 are connected by longitudinal rods 6 arranged in circular series and preferably projected through perforations in the several disks and rings and secured in said perforations in any approved manner.

We have shown ordinary tacks 7 driven through the material of the disks and rings and into the rods, and we may employ such tacks when such rods are of wood, but it is of course to be understood that the inven- 5 tion is not limited to the material employed as the, parts may be of metal, fiber or any other suitable material, it being of course understood that these parts are designed for lightness of weight but must be sufficiently strong to withstand the stresses to which the parts are putto use.

In addition to the circular series of rods 6 We provide a circular series of shorter rods 8 which extend through the disks 1 and 2 to form a ball compartment.

'the shoulder of the the reference numeral 1l. To permit access to and exit from this compartment, one of the rods 6 is cut off shorter than the others, and a telescoping tubular rod 12 is located thereon and is movable through an opening 13 in the lower disk 1 and is held against such movement by a padlock 14 so that the golf balls may be securely locked in their compartment.

On two of the rods 6 a pair of yokes 15 is secured and supports a handle 16, and a strap 17 is connected to one end of the handle 16 and at its other end is adjustable in a loop 18 fixed to the ring 4. This handle allows the carrier to be conveniently carried in the hand, and the strap 17 is for usey over player or caddy, as lis customary in the art.

A spike 19 is secured centrally in the bottom disk 1 and is adapted to project into the ground, as occasion may require, and this spike may be supported in a ring 3 when transporting the bag. The spike holds the. golf club carrier in an upright position when pressed into the ground thereby pro tecting the golf clubs from injury as happens in the prevailing golf bags now in use at the time the bag is dropped on the ground.l Y

It will thus be noted that with a carrier of this sort the golf clubs can. be independently mounted in the several openings 9 `in the two rings 4 and 5 with the major portion of said clubs located within the carrier, and additional clubs or a sweater or other articles may be positioned through the central opening of the ring 5, so that the carrier alfords a most useful, convenient ornamental and attractive device which replaces the old heavier and more or 'less unattractive bags which have commonly been employed for the purpose.

Various .slight changes and alterations lll might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from our invention and hence We do not limit ourselves to the recise details set forth but consider ourse ves at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

le claim:

1. A device of theY character described, including a pair of spaced disks at the base thereof, a ring at the top thereof, rings intermediate the top and disks, and a circular series of rods connecting said disks and rings, said top ring and an intermediately positioned ring having circular series of openings adapted to receive golf clubs therein.

` 2. A device of the character described, including a pair of spaced disks at the base thereof, a ring at the top thereof, rings intermediate the top and disks, a circular series of rods connecting said disks and rings, said to@ ring having a circular series of openings adapted to receive golf clubs therein, said spaced disks and said rods forming a ball compartment, and a movable member constituting a closure for said compartment, said last-mentioned member adapted to be locked in closed position.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a disk and a plurality of super- -irnposed spaced rings spaced apart, longitudinal rods projecting through thc disk and the rings and secured therein, said rods forming an open compartment for golf clubs, the uppermost ring having openings therein to receive the clubs, a pair of yokes connecting at least two of the rods, a handle connecting the yokes, a loop on one of the rings, a strap adjustably connecting the handle and said loop, and a spike in the lower end of the carrier.

Signed at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, this :22nd day of August A. D. 1927.

LEWIS KELMUND THURLOVV. JOHN P. AGNEW. 

